Income withholding in child support cases is a federally mandated tool. Federal law also requires a standard income withholding process to increase child support collections for all families, promote self-sufficiency for low-income families, and reduce the burden on employers. The federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) is the agency responsible for providing oversight of federal child support programs and developed a standard form, Income Withholding for Support (IWO), to help state child support agencies fulfill federal child support requirements.
The information collection activities pertaining to the IWO form are authorized by 42 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1), (a)(8) and (b)(6), which require the use of the IWO form to order income withholding for all child support orders. 45 CFR 303.100(e)(x) provides that the form require employers to notify child support agencies when employees are terminated.
This request is for a revision of a currently approved information collection. Based on stakeholder feedback, OCSE added fields to address GIG economy workers, updated text and clarified instructions. See Attachment 2 - Summary of Proposed Changes to the IWO Changes with the updates.
We are also requesting to extend approval of the currently approved IWO for one additional year to allow states to program their systems to accommodate the proposed changes to the form, sample form, instructions, and e-IWO Record Layout. Once the system is programmed, states will then be required to use the revised version of the IWO and e-IWO.
US Code:
42 USC 666(a)(1), (a)(8) and 666(b)(6
Name of Law: Social Security Act Requirement of Statutorily Prescribed Procedures to Improve Effectiveness of CSE
OCSE adjusted the respondent burden hour from the previous approval to reflect the increase in respondents using the IWO form and an increase in the number of responses from the employer respondents. There are more employer respondents using e-IWO over secure server connection since the previous approval request, which constitutes an adjustment; however, the e-IWO process decreases respondentsâ time and costs, which also constitutes an adjustment since the previous approval.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
State Programming